How Far Can You GLIDE?
Here's the Rules for Streamline Gliding:
1) Go Underwater,
2) push off the wall as hard as you can,
(should we have a FROM A DIVE category too?)
3) streamline as skinny as you can like Michael Phelps
4) glide as FAR as you can,
you measure your distance from the wall you started at to the furthest point your body reaches, probably your finger tips
5) but you can't kick or pull, you can only glide, if you kick or pull you are DQed
6) you're done when you stop, breathe, or break your streamline,
and
7) you are only allowed to wear one training suit or a 2011 FINA Approved tech suits, but no wetsuits or full body rubber suits,
you may wear a cap and goggles. pretty much follow the USMS suit rules
Give it a try, See how far you get.
Let us know or better yet make a video and post the link to your streamline glide here in this thread.
RIDE THE GLIDE
Here's a video I made on Friday April 22nd, 2011 of my furthest streamline glide so far.
YouTube - Swimmer Glides FAR from just One Push
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Time in glide to wall would be good, but done in one of the outside lanes. Or even while swimming is going on in other lanes just to see if there is a turbulent effect that will be noticeable.
The "wave" & turbulence test idea is beautiful. I like the idea of comparing the distance and time traveled. How about a "team-plunge" event where one swimmer can draft off the first and then the leader peals away. The clock starts and stops with the second swimmer. Has anyone ever experimented with this? (Other than just drafting too close to the person in front of you in practice.)
Time in glide to wall would be good, but done in one of the outside lanes. Or even while swimming is going on in other lanes just to see if there is a turbulent effect that will be noticeable.
The "wave" & turbulence test idea is beautiful. I like the idea of comparing the distance and time traveled. How about a "team-plunge" event where one swimmer can draft off the first and then the leader peals away. The clock starts and stops with the second swimmer. Has anyone ever experimented with this? (Other than just drafting too close to the person in front of you in practice.)
